Timing belt tools

Post by **Louey** » 13 Apr 2006, 15:33

the latter one was taught to me by my bro inlaw but I decided half way through trying to give up on that one.

Post by **Horza** » 13 Apr 2006, 20:03

Advantages and disadvantages of the cheats way anyone? Sounds just like something I would do so far

Post by **Louey** » 13 Apr 2006, 20:13

+ saves having to line everything up once the old belt is off

- can take just as long and you can risk damaging the new belt if you force it too much

Post by **andysimpson** » 13 Apr 2006, 20:55

Horza wrote:Advantages and disadvantages of the cheats way anyone? Sounds just like something I would do so far

9 times out of 10 with the all vw diesels the tensioner is the cause of breakage, it is supposed to be replaced when belt is which means the belt has to come off before tensioner can be replaced.

Post by **jimmyt** » 13 Apr 2006, 21:15

Thats sound advice from Diamond Hell regarding doing stuff in the right order. The two manuals I've got tell you to lock the camshaft first with plate then loosen camshaft sprocket bolt , I guess this works ok if the bolt is torqued up correctly but its definitley worth cracking the nut before doing anything else.

Getting back to the original question, can you get the DTI anywhere for setting pump timing. I did mine today but made an adapter for my general purpose DTI, so I don't need one, just curious as to who sells them.

Jim